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Tony
I jumped at the voice and spun around. I came face to face with some kind of screen containing an angry looking girl. I blinked and rubbed my eyes. If I looked hard enough, this girl looked like Calypso. Except she as pale as a ghost and her face was slightly wrinkled and weary. Her brown locks were turning grey and knotted. I could feel her tiredness through the screen.
After her warning to Leo, she went into a coughing fit, hacking over the side of the bed she was in. Two blonde boys entered the screen and helped her to sit up, worry clear on their faces. I recognized one of them as Will. From the corner of the screen, another white bed with a muscular brown haired boy that looked a bit like an older Leo laid unconscious.
I turned back to Leo, who had totally pale, almost as pale as Calypso. He stared at her in horror. "Sunshine?" he whispered. Then he turned to the boys, "What the Hades happened?!" He yelled angrily.
The blonde boy I didn't recognize sighed, nervously eyeing Leo. "We don't know what happened. One second Calypso was fine, the next, she collapsed. A couple minutes later, she starts coughing up blood, and we get Will over to her as fast as possible. Where are you? Please don't tell me you left camp."
"I'll be right back! I promise!"
Calypso tried to glare at him, but it was weak.
"Will?" Leo questioned, still sounding shaken.
Will held up his clipboard. "As far as I can tell, there hasn't been any poison or potion consumed. Ambrosia and nectar aren't doing anything. I considered Atlas, but there weren't any signs of that. No abduction, no torture. Not like the others." He looked back up at Leo, a grim look in his eyes. "I think it's simple. Her body can't take transforming from a three thousand year old immortal, to a three thousand year old mortal."
Did he just say immortal!?
Taking a look at my teammates, I could tell Natasha, Clint, and Bruce looked confused and irritated as well, in their own spy- scientist kind of way. Steve however, looked a bit concerned. Maybe a little taken back, but concerned. He kept looking over at Leo worriedly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Time out." I yelled. "What the heck are you talking about?"
Leo ignored me. Again. He seemed to do that when it came to his friends. It was annoying. And it wasn't going to happen again.
I grabbed his arm as he began his march towards the bronze dragon he came on- did I mention how awesome that was- and held him in place.
"Time out to you too." I told him. "We're going to have a nice long chat."
Steve put a hand on my shoulder. "I'm not sure that's such a good idea." He looked nervously back at the screen. "Leo can't stay out here."
I scowled at him. "What the heck are you talking about?"
Steve scowled back. "You don't understand what's going on here."
"Which is why we need to have a nice long chat!"
"We don't have time for a-"
"STOP!" Leo yelled, pulling his arm back from me. "It's okay, Steve. I'm tired of going back and forth anyway." He turned to the screen. "Jason, you might want to tell Chiron I'm bringing the rest of the Avengers. I'll be there ASAP." He swiped his hand through the screen. Then he turned towards me. "You might want to suit up. I promise I won't short circuit you again." The mischievous smirk was slowly coming back. "Everyone else gets to ride on Festus!" he gestured proudly towards the curled up bronze dragon, who sat up quickly at the sound of his name. No Fair! I called my suit to me.
Bruce put up his hands, nervous. "Um, I don't know if that's such a good idea."
Leo waved his hands dismissively. "Don't be silly, Dr. Banner. It's a great idea!" he turned to Fury. "You coming, eyepatch?"
"Pass." He said dryly.
Leo shrugged. "Your loss." He turned back to Festus. "You don't mind carrying five people, do you boy?"
Festus creaked a response. Leo listened carefully, seeming to understand the dragon perfectly.
"Alright people, that is a yes!" Leo called out. He raced over to the dragon and swung on like he was a horse. He gestured wildly for the others to hurry up. Steve went first, though he seemed a bit reluctant. Eventually, Natasha shrugged and moved over to climb on, Clint ushering Bruce over as well. My suit came and moved around me.
Fury studied us before grumbling to Leo, "I'll be in touch." And moving over to his own way of transportation, and flying off.
Leo turned back to me. "Follow me closely. I'll explain everything on the way."
And he did. Greek gods. And Hephaestus. No wonder Leo was such a genius. And that must have been why Thor knew him. Huh.
By the time he finished he announced we were there. At first I didn't see anything, but when I looked again, a strawberry farm with a rock climbing wall- that had lava pouring down it-, and multiple strange looking buildings appeared.
Leo guided Festus down in front of a large blue house, where a group of teens and a man in a wheelchair sat. After everyone climbed off Festus, the metal dragon flew off. Leo didn't seem worried, so I guessed it was normal.
"Here we go again." A black haired boy grumbled.
Leo acknowledged them with a wave and rushed past them into the house. I made a split second decision and followed him. The teens sent me looks of warning, but didn't try to stop me.
Leo rushed through a door on the first floor. I followed a bit slower taking the time to take in my surrounds. When I finally caught up with my nephew, I found him in the room the screen showed. He was sitting next to a sleeping Calypso, gripping her hand tightly. I looked over the brown haired boy, too. Upon closer inspection, I saw he was covered in cuts, just like Nico.
Leo looked furious. He was looking up at the ceiling, talking quickly in some other language.
"You and Calypso were pretty close, huh." I blurted.
He turned to me, a flash of confusion. "Oh. You didn't figure it out?"
"Figure what out?"
"Calypso is my girlfriend."
I grimaced and turned back to the sleeping woman. "…Oh."
